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  1. Jackieduda

    Is it easier just to fly to Madrid to start the Frances?

    I had that same thought in 2018. BIG mistake. Getting from madrid to sjpdp is very difficult. from madrid you need to fly to pamplona, then bus to france. Go direct to france. Trust me!
  2. Jackieduda

    How to get from Madrid to St Jean-Pied-du-Port?

    I had a most expensive lesson trying to figure this out AFTER i had set other plans in stone. My advice: figure out the bus schedule from madrid to pamplona, then from pamplona to st jean before anything else, then work around those dates to get to madrid. Had i done it that way i would have not...
  3. Jackieduda

    Camino in October

    Tom, these are moving, beautfulstupendous photos!
  4. Jackieduda

    Camino in October

    I walked the Frances beginning in SJPDP in sept last year. By october, weather was still mild but it was colder in the mornings. (It will also be dark for about the first hour or more of your daily hike.). No problem if you bring a lightweight puffy jacket you can scrunch up in your backpack...
  5. Jackieduda

    Getting to SJPDP from the US

    Either way you do it, it isnt likely to be a short list of connections from the U.S. to there. Please dont do what i did...made a reservation to madrid, then tried to figure out the rest...instead, study all of the transportation carefully before you make any reservations that are set in stone...
  6. Jackieduda

    Need help deciding on train station in pamplona

    Hello all, i just recieved your replies, along with another reply directly to me that have helped enormously for me to figure out these complex details. Thank you all so much. Since i have posted this question i also tried a taxi service from pamplona to sjpdp, got all the way through their...
  7. Jackieduda

    Need help deciding on train station in pamplona

    I will be flying to madrid, train to pamplona, then bus to sjpdp. I have researched train schedules at www.en.oui.sncf. Here are some questions before i can make a reservation...hoping those with much more experience can help me. 1/ is pampeluna the same as pamplona? 2/ the madrid trains go to...

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